Press Number of traffic accident fatalities up 8% in July 2018 year on year

Press release No. 359 of 21 September 2018

WIESBADEN – In Germany 318 people died in road traffic accidents in July 2018. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 23 people compared with July 2017 (+7.8%). The number of people injured rose by 3.3% to roughly 39,300 in July 2018 compared with the same month a year earlier.

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